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Excerpt from Profits in Poultry: Useful and Ornamental Breeds and Their Profitable Management; Profusely Illustrated As denoted by the title of the book, the editors have given most prominence to the side of poultry keeping which returns an income. The ways and means by which eggs or poultry can be grown at a profit are discussed in great detail. So many questions are constantly asked about the various breeds and also concerning diseases and their treatment, that these topics have been quite fully considered. The turkey department has been made as complete as possible on account of the increasing interest in that branch of poultry keeping. Incubators, care of chicks, feeding and care for eggs, or for meat, building coops and houses, caponizing, marketing, warfare against pests, raising waterfowl and ornamental poultry, are described at length. The reference matter and tables are a special feature of the, book. The present volume is nearly one-third larger than any previous edition. Experience of breeders and poultry farmers has been drawn upon freely, resulting in that breadth of view which can be obtained only by comparison of successful methods in actual practice. Among those who have directly assisted in furnishing the new matter are James Rankin, P. H. Jacobs, T. M. Ferris, M. C. Weld, Burr Knapp and W. H. Rudd. The entire material has been carefully prepared by Mr. George B. Fiske, poultry editor American Agriculturist. About 100 pages and many illustrations have been added to the new and enlarged edition, but without any increase in the price of this useful book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.